Forestry and silviculture

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) attempts to address climate change from one angle - by paying developing countries to slow or stop deforestation and forest degradation.

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region is exceptionally biodiverse.

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region is exceptionally biodiverse.

Shifting cultivation is one of the oldest forms of subsistence agriculture and is still practised by millions of poor people in the tropics.

Shifting cultivation is one of the oldest forms of subsistence agriculture and is still practised by millions of poor people in the tropics.

The management of common pool resources and publicly-owned areas is fraught with difficulty.

The management of common pool resources and publicly-owned areas is fraught with difficulty.

The idea that nature provides services to people is one of the most powerful concepts to have emerged over the last two decades.

The idea that nature provides services to people is one of the most powerful concepts to have emerged over the last two decades.

Forests are under tremendous pressure from human uses of all kinds, and one of the most significant threats to their sustainability comes from commercial interests.

Forests are under tremendous pressure from human uses of all kinds, and one of the most significant threats to their sustainability comes from commercial interests.

The overarching contribution of this book is a review and assessment of the current and future impacts of globalization on the world's forests.

The overarching contribution of this book is a review and assessment of the current and future impacts of globalization on the world's forests.

The second edition of Ecological Forest Management Handbook continues to provide forestry professionals and students with basic principles of ecological forest management and their applications at regional and site-specific levels.

Farmers have developed a range of agricultural practices to sustainably use and maintain a wide diversity of crop species in many parts of the world.

Farmers have developed a range of agricultural practices to sustainably use and maintain a wide diversity of crop species in many parts of the world.

The concept of Green Exercise has now been widely adopted and implies a synergistic health benefit of being active in the presence of nature.

The concept of Green Exercise has now been widely adopted and implies a synergistic health benefit of being active in the presence of nature.

Forest management auditing is expanding from its traditional focus on forest management, stewardship and Chain of Custody certification to more innovative topics such as ecosystem services, forest carbon credits, Non-Wood Forest Products, wood energy and Fair Trade certification.

Forest management auditing is expanding from its traditional focus on forest management, stewardship and Chain of Custody certification to more innovative topics such as ecosystem services, forest carbon credits, Non-Wood Forest Products, wood energy and Fair Trade certification.

Forest tenure reforms are occurring in many developing countries around the world.

Forest tenure reforms are occurring in many developing countries around the world.

The Amazon region is the focus of intense conflict between conservationists concerned with deforestation and advocates of agro-industrial development.

The Amazon region is the focus of intense conflict between conservationists concerned with deforestation and advocates of agro-industrial development.

Deforestation in tropical rainforest countries is one of the largest contributors to human-induced climate change.

Deforestation in tropical rainforest countries is one of the largest contributors to human-induced climate change.

Despite population trends toward urbanization, the forest continues to have a strong appeal to the human imagination, and the human preference for forest over many other types of terrain is well documented.

Despite population trends toward urbanization, the forest continues to have a strong appeal to the human imagination, and the human preference for forest over many other types of terrain is well documented.

Throughout the past few decades, the standard answer to the problem of low productivity in small private forests has been education.

Throughout the past few decades, the standard answer to the problem of low productivity in small private forests has been education.

This book, first published in 1967, presents a concise picture of the demand and supply trends of timber around the world.

This book, first published in 1967, presents a concise picture of the demand and supply trends of timber around the world.

The aim of this book is to catalyse global interest in the pursuit of transformational changes in natural resource and environmental management.

The aim of this book is to catalyse global interest in the pursuit of transformational changes in natural resource and environmental management.

Forests are considered the lungs of the planet, as they consume and store carbon dioxide and produce oxygen.

Forests are considered the lungs of the planet, as they consume and store carbon dioxide and produce oxygen.

The influence of the past, and of the future on current-time tradeoffs in the forest arena are particularly relevant given the long-term successions in forest landscapes and the hundred years' rotations in forestry.

This enlightening book brings together the work of gender and forestry specialists from various backgrounds and fields of research and action to analyse global gender conditions as related to forests.

This enlightening book brings together the work of gender and forestry specialists from various backgrounds and fields of research and action to analyse global gender conditions as related to forests.

Community forestry is an expanding model of forest management around the world.

Community forestry is an expanding model of forest management around the world.

It is increasingly recognized that land can be managed most sustainably through involving local communities.

It is increasingly recognized that land can be managed most sustainably through involving local communities.

More than half the world's population now lives in cities.

More than half the world's population now lives in cities.

The grove, a grouping of trees, intentionally cultivated or found growing wild, has a long diverse history entwined with human settlement, rural practices and the culture and politics of cities.

The grove, a grouping of trees, intentionally cultivated or found growing wild, has a long diverse history entwined with human settlement, rural practices and the culture and politics of cities.

With our world torn by climate change, deforestation, land degradation, hunger, malnutrition, poverty, loss of wildlife habitat, zoonotic pandemics, illegal migration and social injustice, this book seeks to find a practical and pragmatic way forwards.

Community forestry focuses on the link between forest resources and livelihoods and contributes to forest conservation and reforestation.